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Some
of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' proposed
changes to
DME paperwork and requirements could be a real boost to
your office's efficiency. In particular, CMS proposes to:
* Do
away with the Certificates of Medical Necessity physicians
currently must sign to authorize hospital beds and support
surfaces.
* Allow
physicians to use a signature-and-date stamp on the certificate
for home oxygen instead of signing them by hand.
* Remove
the requirement to list the name and address of the provider
who tested a patient's blood oxygen levels on the oxygen
certificate.
* Do
away with the requirement that patients in power wheelchairs
must be "bed- or chair-confined." Instead, physicians
will analyze whether patients have a mobility impairment
that prevents them from performing one or more activities
of daily living at home, as well as the ability to use a
wheelchair.
* Expand
codes for power wheelchairs and scooters from five to 49
codes to facilitate picking the correct code for a particular
wheelchair.
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